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EC 1.13.11.55 Details
EC number
1.13.11.55
Accepted name
sulfur oxygenase/reductase
Reaction
4 sulfur + 4 H2O + O2 = 2 hydrogen sulfide + 2 sulfite
Other name(s)
SOR, sulfur oxygenase, sulfur oxygenase reductase
Systematic name
sulfur:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydrogen-sulfide- and sulfite-forming)
CAS registry number
120598-92-7
Comment
This enzyme, which is found in thermophilic microorganisms, contains one mononuclear none-heme iron centre per subunit. Elemental sulfur is both the electron donor and one of the two known acceptors, the other being oxygen. Thiosulfate is also observed as a product, but is likely formed non-enzymically by a reaction between sulfite and sulfur [1]. This enzyme differs from EC 1.13.11.18, sulfur dioxygenase and EC 1.12.98.4, sulfhydrogenase, in that both activities occur simultaneously.
History
created 2006
EC Tree
1.13.11.7 created 1965 as EC 1.13.1.7, transferred 1972 to EC 1.13.11.7, deleted 1980
1.13.11.21 created 1972, deleted 2001